It Took Seven Years To Tweet Every Word In The English Language

Early on the morning of November 30th, 2007, a newly-hatched Twitter account posted its first tweet. It was an odd message—simply the letter “a”: A half hour later, it was followed by another word, also beginning with a. Thirty minutes later, another. The only logic to the stream was that the words proceeded in alphabetical…

Alleged ‘Mario Maker’ E3 Photo Pops Up

What is Mario Maker? Is it real? Could it be one of Nintendo’s big surprises for E3 next week? This photo—allegedly of the E3 show floor—popped up on Reddit yesterday, and while we’re always hesitant to share these kind of rumors without corroborating them for ourselves, ex-Kotaku reporter Michael McWhertor, who has been posting photos…

Never Give Your Toddler A Portal Gun

Children! Aperture Science Handheld Portal Devices! Put them together and they’re cute as heck, right? Not so fast. Daniel Hashimoto (the dad behind Action Movie Kid) is at it again, this time using his After Effects skills to give his 3 year old a fully functioning Portal gun. You can see the results above. Let’s…

Sonic Runs At 179 MPH, According To Science

We all know Sonic is fast. But how fast is fast by the hedgehog’s standards? Not fast enough to win the race against Mario, clearly. Sorry, I know it’s still too soon. The research scientists over at The Escapist’s Game Theory video series put Sonic’s famed running abilities under the microscope and came up with…

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In Case You Forgot How Bad Dragonball: Evolution Was

Let’s just forget that we all agreed to pretend Dragonball: Evolution never happened for a few minutes and check out Cinema Sins‘ attempt to summarize what’s wrong with this live action adaptation of Dragonball Their ‘sin counter‘ will go wild for this one. Everything Wrong With Dragon Ball Evolution In Many Many Minutes [Cinema Sins,…

Looks like that Kinect game from Harmonix and Disney, Fantasia: Music Evolved, will finally arrive to Xbox One and 360 on October 21. Here’s a new trailer to get you in the mood—it has the best singing vegetables you’ll ever see. If you’re into that sort of thing.

In Japan, You Can Hire a Handsome Butler Dentist

This butler doesn’t serve lunch. He cleans teeth. For around a hundred bucks, you can even put your head in his lap as he brushes yours. Located in Tokyo Midtown, PureCure isn’t your typical dentist office. It’s designed to look like an “Asian resort hotel.” Dr. Taro Masuoka, PureCure’s head dentist, dresses like a butler,…

It’s Ghost in the Shell, But with Fish

As we approach the premiere of the third theatrical release of Ghost in the Shell: Arise in Japan later this month, an official parody flash animation series has begun appearing on YouTube. It’s pretty damn funny (at least, if you speak Japanese). The series is made by FROGMAN, the writer/director/animator of the popular Eagle Talon…

Larian’s RPG and the next installment in the Divinity series, Original Sin, has been delayed so that the team can squish some last-minute bugs and record extra voice-overs. The good news is that it’s only a ten-day delay—so Original Sin is now set to arrive to PC on June 30.

Watch Us Play the First DS Game on Wii U Virtual Console

One of the coolest features of the Wii U gamepad is that allows for the possibility of playing DS games that require a touch screen. So now that Nintendo has released its first virtual console DS game, Brain Age, let’s see how it all works out. Check out the video above to see it in…

Here, Have Some Official Sailor Moon Chopsticks

Over the years, there have been numerous Sailor Moon chopsticks released in Japan. These are the latest ones. Priced at 1,620 yen (US$15.84) each, there are Sailor Moon Spiral Heart Moonrod chopsticks, Sailor Uranus Liprod chopsticks, and Sailor Neptune Liprod chopsticks. In Sailor Moon, these rods are used by the characters to transform, so perhaps,…

A duo of Kickstarter-funded retro action platformers is out this month. The first game, Crystal Catacombs, is available today for PC, and the second, Shovel Knight, will be coming on June 26 for PC, Wii U, and 3DS.

These New VR Gloves Will Turn You Into Iron Man

And probably some other stuff but mainly: Iron Man! The new tech from Control VR has recently launched on Kickstarter (via Engadget) and is aiming for around a £200 price tag, a lot less than similar gloves. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK The new system uses microsensors to detect changes in inertia that…